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mHealth Intelligence: Social Media for Care Team Coordination
Eric Wiklund from mHealth Intelligence writes how Health Systems have been experimenting with mobile communication tools for years, but few had ventured into the social media landscape as a model for care communications. A home healthcare provider sees a sharp drop in...
Provider social networking app may help improve patient outcomes
The following appeared in Becker's Hospital Review on December 30, 2015 by Brooke Murphy. A cloud-based social networking app for healthcare providers reduced readmission rates at a home care facility from 40 percent to 11 percent, according to Crain's Chicago...
Morning Read: An app uses lessons from social media to reduce readmission rates
The following appeared in MedCity News on January 1, 2016 by Stephanie Baum. A three month pilot of an app from health IT startup Prepared Health at Bayada Home Health Care reduced readmissions for heart surgery patients from 40 percent to under 11 percent. The...
A new social network for health care providers
The following appeared in Crain's Chicago Business on December 30, 2015 by John Pletz. Ashish Shah had a hunch that social media—a tool used every day by health care providers outside work—could be the key to improving results on the job, too. It looks like he was...